Ejector for ships&#39; ashes.



L. HOCHSTEIN. EJ'EGTOR IOB SHIPS ASHES. APPLICATION TILED 0016,1903.

919,014, Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

2 sums-sum m mtknesses L. HOGHSTBIN.

EJEDTOR FOR SHIPS ASHES.

APPLIOATION FILED 0016,1908.

919,014, Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 2.

Wil/QQSSES Jame/250!" Attorney.

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

iJUDWIG' HOGHS'IEIN,OF NEUMUHLENFDIETRIOHSDORF, NEAR met, GERMANY.

Patented April 20, 1909.

switching the plate a to one or the other side wtrbwgoiew l x o i-n'ur r m application filed octo ber 6,1908. Serial No. 456,444. gent, nifl w u .1 .Zo'dllhphcmctmag concern:

"reggae ltiknown that I, LUDWIG Hocns'rnln, a

bjectot theKing of Prussia, andresident :"ofaNeuIrYhlen- Dietrichsdorf, near Kiel, in

miiheiB-covince of schlesyvig Holstein, German fhhnpire have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ejectors for Ships h'shes of-which the following is a specifics tron.

iq r'l hisin-vpntion relates to those devices for e'jscti ashes for ships which are operated by big 1: pressure water. or thelike and the it present -..noizeltyconsists in branching the ascelnsiongpipes of the ejector. toward device by which one'or the other of the ma. be. closed off I as desired.

eretofore ashjejectorswere in use with +disohar e;open1ngs on, one side of the ship only: uch' ejecto'rs are objectionable. -When the ship lies with this side directly tov both lasidesbf. theship. At the'branchin g point Wi lard another ship or toward the wall of a Qquayi it is either impossible to eject the ashes 2 5 or such outpollnting the'adjacent ship or quay wall. According to the-present invention the ashes 'may'be e ected from ieither side of the ship.

. It'is" rcferableto conduct the ascension tube 80" highthatthe branclrtubes are inclined "downward; toward the region of the water --l ine'. -The ashes in this case only require to bele'dforward to the branchin point from which they fallby gnavitythrougdi the branch ssftubesi I j R ferring now to the accompan ing drawings, in which a few examples of the novel 1 arrangements are given Elignre v 1 is a diegrammatic cross section gashi showing 40 one arrangement f'ash-ejectonw ile Fig. 2

- I is a similar dial in :"mmodifie arrangement of ash-ejector.

Ei sl d 9 are dia rammatic cross sections of convenient switc ing devices for switching the ash in one orothergof the side branch pipes illustrated in -Figs: 1 and 2.

'n carrying the invention into effect according to the form shown inFig. the usual ejector a. is connected to the ascension pipe b which opens into a division box 0. In the division box 0 a. switch plate 0 may be pivoted at its upper end and from this box there lead to each side --l the ship branch pipes c c. The branch ")l es 0 c preferably ass thr ugh the hull o t e ship in the neigh or- 1100 of thewater line. It.will be seen tha by ejection could not be effected with-T rammatic crosssection showa Fig. 3 the bucket ddirects -'t10n the tube c may] the central ascensionpipc b may be played in communicationwith either the port or starboard branch pipe as desired.

According to the form of the invention shown in'Fig. 2 the ejector is arranged in the usual manner and the ascension pipe bis continued to a'higher point and o ens above the division box a. lhe port an starboard branch pipe 0 in this case are inclined downwardly so that the ejector a only requires to advance the ashes to the deliverv or division box 0 from which the said ashes pass by gravit through either the starboard or port ranc ipe as (lGSlI'G-l I It wil be understood that the switching of the ashes to one or other side of the ship may be effected in a vast number of ways. Fig. 3 a front sectional elevation and in Fig. 4 a sectional side elevation is shown of one convenient arrangement in which the ascen-.

sion pi rib is provided at its end with a curved end I). This curved bend is preferably made pn its 11 per part b of thickened cast or armor stee so as to withstand the impact of the wathi and ashes ascending through'the pipe b. .At the downwardly opened end of the bend b there esponded a bottomless bucket d which may be swung to one or the other side as desired. The

bucket d may be held in theinclined position shown in Fig. 3 by means of a 'chain d. It will be seen that in the'position shown in the ashes into the left hand branch pipe- By inclining the bucket to the other side the ashes may be directed into the'righ't hand branch pipe. In this form the divislon box 0 is illustrated as oben at its upper endfand with this construcbe used for the ejection of the waste from t is galley. In the case of war shi s however such open boxes are not applica lo and the switch may in such cases be arranged as shown in Fig. 5 in which the upper end of the division box c is closed and a switch flap 2' is pivoted within the box. "This switch a p ma be fixed in the desired position by means 0 a handle operated from the exterior in any convenient manner.

This switch flap 0 is preferably' madeof cast or armor steel and armor lates f are provided on the walls offthe Wision box c so as to protect the division box against the impact of hard and sharp edged pie es of.

ash or clinker.

in Fig. 5 there is illustrated a front'section able arrangement for this purpose is and in Fi 7 a sectional side view of another form of c osed division box in which a pivoted bottomless bucket is employed for directing the ashes into one or other of the branch pipes. In this modification the ascension pipe I) is'provided as in Figs. 3 and 4 with it end b at its u per end which bend 0 ens into a pivoted ottomless bucket d. Ihis bucket is ivoted at d within the division box 0 an may be actuated by means of a lever 9 adapted to actuate a fork g engaging pins g on the bucket. y

In Fig. 8 there is illustrated a form in which a bend b is arranged to be rotated into osition to on age either with the right or le t hand branch pipe 0. A stuii ing box 6'' is arranged to provide a joint for this oscillatin pipe. The rotating bend b is provide with an armor part b". The bend b is also provided at its lower end with a worm wheel rim '6' engaging with a screw i adapted to be rotated by means of a handle 11.

In some cases it is desirable to separatethe ashes and the water before ejecting the same through the branch pipe 0 and a rant- 1 ustrated in Fig. 9. In this figure the ascension ipe b is notillustrated but the end I) of the end from the ascension ipe is illustrated. This end opens into abox the lower end of which is adapted to be closed by means of perforated or like plates k which are pivoted about the axes k. To the axes k there are also fixed segments m so that when one of the axes is rotated by means of a hand lever.

m both the ila )s k are swun either into the o enor closed position as esired. In the division box of there is arranged a switch .0 adapted to close oif one or other of the branch pipes c. l

l The operation of this device is.as,follows: The water and ashes passing togetherfrom the end of the pipe b enter the boxlq-and owing to the-perforations in t-hafiap's, 7c the water passes through the flalps-whichhreici course in the closed position illustrated in Fig. 9. After a convenient time the hand lever m is swung into position for opening the flaps k and the ashes then fall from the box It. If desired the water may be directed to the same sideiof the shi as the ashes or to the opposite side as foun I c aimzv1. In "ships, the combination of an ascension pipe ahydraulieash ejectordelivering pipes wardly inclined toward the portaind most convenient.

into the lower end of said ascension pigs,

branch pipes leading from the up or livery end of said ascension i e to t e port and starboard sides of the s 1 and means for placing said ascension pipe in communication with the 'port or starboard branch" pipe as desired.

2. In ships, in combination an ascension pipe a hydraulic ash-ejector deliveri into the lower end of said pi e, downwar y .inclined branch ipes leading from the up or delivery end 0 said ascension pipe to e port and starboard sides of the, ship, and means for placing said ascension pi communication with the port or star branch pipe as desired.

3. In ships, in combination, an ascension pipe, an ash-ejector delivering into theilower end of said ascension pipe, branch pipes leading downwardly to the port and starboard sides of the ship respectively, and means for establishing a connection between either of said branch ipes and the delivery bend on the upper em of the ascension pipe to eject the ashes from the ship at either side as desired,

4. In ships, in combination an ascension pipe, a hydraulic ash ejector deliverin to the lower end of said ascension pipe, a ivision box into which said bend opens branch pipes leading from said division box and downwardly inclined to the port and starboard sides of'the ship respectively, and means insaid box for directing the ashes passin from the bend to either at said branch or delivery outside .the ship. r In ships in combinatioma' 1 sh-ejector, leading from said ejector, on the. and off said ascension pipe, an ash" and water separating box intp w rich saidbend o ens, a division box into which the separater ash or inter is discharged from said leading from said card- 5., an ascension pipe an armored bend downstar'- board sides of. the ship and meansi-in-"said. division box 'for directing.the separated or. water to either branch Ripe, leading to the port or starboard 'side of t e shi ,divislon box and In witness whereof I have ereunto set myhandinthe resence of two -\i'itncsses. IlUDW 1G HOCHSTEIN. Witnessesi. ALFRED ME'iILnoaN, Hvoo Mormons.

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